Giants rookie Chris Heston knows rivalry with Dodgers

Chris Heston, who threw a no-hitter two starts ago, knows the inportance of any game against the Dodgers. He gets his first chance to start against them Friday night in Los Angeles.

Chris Heston, who threw a no-hitter two starts ago, knows the inportance of any game against the Dodgers. He gets his first chance to start against them Friday night in Los Angeles.

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Chris Heston, who threw a no-hitter two starts ago, knows the inportance of any game against the Dodgers. He gets his first chance to start against them Friday night in Los Angeles.

Chris Heston, who threw a no-hitter two starts ago, knows the inportance of any game against the Dodgers. He gets his first chance to start against them Friday night in Los Angeles.

Photo: Lachlan Cunningham, Getty Images

Giants rookie Chris Heston knows rivalry with Dodgers

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SEATTLE — Friday night, Chris Hestonwill bid to become the Giants’ first rookie starter to beat the Dodgers since Madison Bumgarner on July 19, 2010.

It’s not something Heston is taking lightly.

“Whether it’s spring training or during the season, an time you play the Dodgers or a Dodgers affiliate, you want to take it to ’em,” said Heston, who’ll be pitching 10 days after his no-hitter. “That’s just kind of the mind-set we have here as part of the rivalry.”

Heston had two regular-season outings against the Dodgers, both in relief, and somewhat of a breakout start against their “A” lineup in spring training, surrendering two earned runs on four hits and no walks in six innings.

“Anytime we’re squaring off against the Dodgers, it’s a big series,” Heston said. “The teams battle it out every year for the division. It’s a rivalry that goes back so long. Regardless of the circumstances, the Dodgers series is always a big one for us, so it’ll be a lot of fun with a lot of energy.”

Funky hop: A day after shortstop Brandon Crawford took a bad-hop grounder off his chest, he said, “If that was the only hit of the game, I would have asked them to appeal it.”

It wasn’t. Bumgarner gave up more hits in Wednesday’s 2-0 loss, but the official scorer’s ruling (hit, not error) of the fifth-inning grounder created a mini stir. Crawford threw the ball away at first — that could have been considered the error — and the Mariners had their first baserunner.

“I’ve had a bad hop or two in the big leagues, but that was definitely the worst,” Crawford said. “Right after they dragged (the infield), too.”